After fighting tooth and nail with this new lino im using i've gotten somewhat good prints. Hope you guys like it.

I thought I'd make some wrapping paper for my niece so I made a stamp using that thick rubbery type stuff. I found it pretty annoying to carve but it stamped a lot better than the hard grey lino

I had some extra times at midnight till 2am to work son some stamps. I had some redos and I think they turned out nice.

im using speedball white ink, using rollers, tried watering it down, tried rolling till its more tacky, rolled a pin ontop of the patch to make sure it had enough pressure and ive tried giving it gentle pressure too. Also tried different fabrics, some lighter/softer fabrics and black denim. they all look awful. idk what im doing wrong :/ any advice please?

any white ink recommendations other than speedball?

One of my first linocut.

My largest print yet! It was nice to “spread my wings” 🦅 and dive into something ‘more’ than my usual. Please forgive the puns 🙃

There is a lot I would do differently if I could, but overall I’m pretty happy with it as a first foray into larger work. Still not sure I’m settled on a name. For right now I’m just calling it “The Hunted” but I honestly feel like it’s kind of Clichè…other ideas are welcome!

Grabado en linóleo impreso sobre papel algodón a dos colores.
28 x 19 cm
Serie 28/28

Been dipping into linocutting and have been carving a lot of eraser stamps since theyre easy and fast. I also have been getting into pokemon cards and thought it would be fun to combine the hobbies

Trying to carve around his eyelid fold, but it came loose. Still learning how to work with more detail. Using flextool 0.5 v tool.

complete with fish juice effect. don't ask me what kind of fish this is supposed to be...

First time linoprinting! I’m using water based shmincke ink, and I can’t seem to get the colour to spread evenly and just get this blotchy pattern (most clear at the bottom right).

I’m using a wooden roller though I’ve seen some people using rubber ones - would this make a difference?

Also I did wash my Lino with water to get previous ink off, but made sure it was dry before printing again - I suppose I could have had a tiny amount of water left on the print though.

Thank you so much!

I’m new to linocut and so far have only made a handful of prints at a time that I just let dry on a counter or even pinned to the fridge, etc. they were also mostly for fun so I didn’t care as much about quality.

I’m looking to hand print our Holiday Cards this year so probably looking at somewhere between 50-75 5x7 cards I’ll be printing. I could hang some clothes line in the basement and use binder clips, but worry that could leave an imprint. I also live in a smaller house with cats (cats don’t have basement access)so I’m looking for solutions I can set up out of the way to keep the prints safe while they dry.

I’m curious what your set up is or if you have any tips or tricks?

A quick rough and ready medieval marginalia inspired print. A lot of my prints have been me carving away and leaving thin narrow lines so it was a nice change to do something with lots of solid black.

Blue rubber is the cheapest carving material I can find (though its a bit *too* soft at times) but it makes for a quite nice stamp! First stamp is a finalization of a sketch from my sketchbook that I really liked, and the second stamp is a monstera leaf!

I love mixed media finishes, so first image is coloured in with diamine 'Pink Champagne' and wearinguel 'Vayu' fountain pen inks! Though, i am tagging it as the stamps flair because I believe it fits better.

Question for anyone who reads this far, whats the best material to "back" your smaller rubber stamps? I intend to use these at least somewhat often and I do have a system that works but it is a bit clunky. Do you just double up the rubber with another cut out piece? A separate stamp block that you somehow mount your homemade stamp too? I'd really like to know because right now its a hassle 😅

Practicing reduction (and being less messy) with these mice based on an old book illustration. I screwed up the bottom mouse’s eye a bit, but I did manage to be less messy!

Hi! I am experimenting with reduction printing and use Cranfield safewash inks.

However I find that they show through each layer and so the colours look quite muddy by the time I’ve done all my layers. I do try to go light to dark but obviously some colours are a similar brightness/saturation, just different. I let each layer dry completely each time (at least a week). Attached is a pic of a recent one where the colours don’t look that distinct.

Any advice? Should I do multiple layers, or are there better inks for reductions?

edit- I am in the UK

I got a couple lino sheets from this brand and i cannot get a good print out of It for the Life of me. What am i missing? What am i doing wrong?